Shouldn't we ask more from PBS than mere nostalgia? Granted, anyone who is fond of TV is likely to be equally fond of Pioneers of Television, PBS' four-week trip down the medium's memory lane. They may even enjoy it so much, they'll fork over a pledge which may explain PBS' seemingly limitless interest in pre-rock era music and TV shows.

If CBS and the New England Patriots got any closer, they'd get tattoos with each other's logos. New England has powered CBS' NFL ratings so far to a 5% jump over last season even before Sunday's Steelers-Pats game while NFL ratings on Fox, NBC and ESPN are down.

Gethers, 53, best-selling author of three books about his adventures with his beloved cat Norton, writes thrillers under the pseudonym Russell Andrews. His fifth, Hades (Mysterious Press, $24.99), is in stores. He spoke with USA TODAY's Carol Memmott.

"Heeere's Johnny!" Ed McMahon's introduction for Johnny Carson for 30 years on The Tonight Show is the most memorable TV catchphrase in a top 100 list compiled by cable channel TV Land editors and producers. A five-night TV Land special begins Monday (10 p.m. ET/PT). Astronaut Neil Armstrong's "One small step for man " as he stepped on to the moon took second.

Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalized in television history. The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 best bons mots, from the serious to the silly, for The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catch Phrases, starting Dec. 11.